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US 11,692,550 B2Granted
Scroll type device having liquid cooling through idler shafts
AssigneeAir Squared, Inc.
InventorsBryce R. Shaffer, Justin Mattice, John Wilson
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Abstract
A scroll device is disclosed having a housing, a motor having a shaft, an orbiting scroll connected to the shaft for moving the orbiting scroll, a fixed scroll mated to the orbiting scroll, an idler shaft for aligning the orbiting scroll and the fixed scroll, an inlet formed in the housing and/or the fixed scroll for receiving a cooling liquid, and a channel formed in the idler shaft for receiving the cooling liquid.
Claims15
A scroll device comprising:
- a housing;
- a motor having a shaft;
- an orbiting scroll connected to the shaft for moving the orbiting scroll;
- a fixed scroll mated to the orbiting scroll;
- a plurality of idler shafts extending from the orbiting scroll to the housing, each idler shaft of the plurality of idler shafts comprising a channel formed therein, the channel configured to enable cooling liquid to flow between the housing and the orbiting scroll;
- a cooling liquid inlet in fluid communication with the channel;
- and
- a cooling liquid outlet, wherein the cooling liquid inlet is in fluid communication with the cooling liquid outlet via both the channel of a first idler shaft of the plurality of idler shafts and the channel of a second idler shaft of the plurality of idler shafts.
5 more elements
A scroll device comprising:
- a housing;
- a motor having a shaft;
- an orbiting scroll connected to the shaft for moving the orbiting scroll;
- a housing mated to the orbiting scroll via a plurality of idler shafts, each idler shaft of the plurality of idler shafts comprising a channel formed therein, the channel configured to enable cooling liquid to flow between the housing and the orbiting scroll;
- and
- a cooling liquid inlet in fluid communication with the channel,
- wherein a first idler shaft of the plurality of idler shafts is configured to enable cooling liquid to flow from the housing to the orbiting scroll via a first channel, and a second idler shaft of the plurality of idler shafts is configured to enable cooling liquid to flow from the orbiting scroll to the housing via a second channel.
4 more elements
A scroll device comprising:
- a motor having a shaft;
- an orbiting scroll connected to the shaft for moving the orbiting scroll;
- a housing mated to the orbiting scroll via a plurality of idler shafts, each idler shaft of the plurality of idler shafts comprising a channel formed therein, the channel extending from the housing to an outer surface of the orbiting scroll, the channel configured to enable cooling liquid to flow between the housing and the orbiting scroll;
- a cooling liquid inlet positioned closer to the housing than the orbiting scroll;
- and
- a cooling liquid outlet, wherein the cooling liquid inlet is in fluid communication with the cooling liquid outlet via both the channel of a first idler shaft of the plurality of idler shafts and the channel of a second idler shaft of the plurality of idler shafts.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.